Silicon and the Microelectronics Revolution

Summary : The emergence of crystalline silicon and silicon-based material such as silicon-germanium as the premier material and the personnel driving the integrated circuit (IC) microelectronics revolution will be reviewed.

Courtesy of The Electrochemical Society

Please note the following clarification: on page two,
right column, paragraph two, first portion of the second sentence.
It should have said: Einstein developed his "A and B" coefficients in 1916 - 1917,
which were then utilized to explain laser action in 1959,

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